CGPH FACULTY:Desiree LaBeaud
DATE OF PUBLICATION:July 2011
REGION: Africa
REFERENCE: Sutherland LJ, Cash AA, Huang YJ, Sang RC, Malhotra I, Moormann AM, King CL, Weaver SC, King CH, LaBeaud AD.Serologic evidence of arboviral infections among humans in Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Jul;85(1):158-61. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0203.
SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Outbreaks of arthropod-borne viral infections occur periodically across Kenya. However, limited surveillance takes place during interepidemic periods. Using serum samples obtained from asymptomatic persons across Kenya in 2000-2004, we assessed (by indirect immunofluorescent assay) prevalence of IgG against yellow fever virus (YFV), West Nile virus (WNV), tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), dengue virus serotypes 1-4 (DENV1-4), and chikungunya virus (CHIKV). In Kenya, transmission of arboviral infection continues between known epidemics and remains common across the country.
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